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Abounding with mines; like a mine. "Miny caverns." Thomson.

A quorum, or number necessary, for conducting public worship.

Of or pertaining to the middle division of the Tertiary. -- n.

An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely related to the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on each foot.

An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.

Same as Emir.

A remarkable variable star in the constellation Cetus (o Ceti).

One who, or a work which, narrates wonderful things; one who writes of wonders. [Obs.] Bacon.

A genus of plants. See Four-o'clock.

Native sodium sulphate; Glauber's salt.

Wonderful; admirable. [Obs.] Shak.

A wonder or wonderful thing. That miracle and queen of genus. Shak.

To cause to seem to be a miracle. [R.] Shaftesbury.

Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes.

Same as Belvedere.

ce is above the eye, the image is seen projected against the sky. The fata Morgana and looming are species of mirage. By the mirage uplifted the land floats vague in the ether, Ships and the shadows of ships hang in the motionless air. Longfellow.

See Nitrobenzene.

An ant. [Obs.] See Pismire.

Working wonders; wonderful.

Wonderful. [Obs.]